Abbas Akhavan (b. 1977, Tehran) has lived in Canada for the past thirty years and is currently based between Montréal and Berlin. Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2026); Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver (2025); Bangkok Kunsthalle (2025); Copenhagen Contemporary and Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (2023); Chisenhale Gallery, London (2021); and The Power Plant, Toronto (2018). His work has also appeared in major international exhibitions including the Gwangju Biennale, Toronto Biennale, Sharjah Biennial, and the Liverpool Biennial. Akhavan received an MFA from the University of British Columbia and a BFA from Concordia University, and is the recipient of the Sobey Art Award (2015), the Abraaj Group Art Prize (2014), and the Berliner Kunstpreis (2012).
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